comments below message dated 10/6/2011 3:40:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:07 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: OK, assuming that much, why wouldn't simple inertia account for current observations about the accelerated speed of expansion of the universe ? That is, throw a baseball and for a time its speed is far greater than the speed of the pitcher's arm movements that released the ball. Yes, it begins to decelerate after a distance but not until X distance has been traversed. Um , yes. If for no other reason that a pitcher stands on a mound which is a foot or so higher than the playing field. Really obvious if the pitcher was standing on top of a mountain peak in the Sierras. The force of gravity would add acceleration to the speed of the ball, at least for X distance. And all this is about is the distance "X." But is a pitcher's arm really zooming along at 95 mph when getting set to throw a ball ? That is a typical speed for a ball thrown by a major league pitcher. Seems to me this is also about the multiplier effect of leverage. Billy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Um, no. At release, the ball is moving exactly as fast as the fingers that propelled it. After that, it slows down due to friction, unless gravity is accelerating it downwards. If the universes is accelerating after "release", something is effectively "pulling" it. E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
